Mattress.



PATENTED MAR. 26, 1907.

M. BROWN. MATTRESS.

APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 7. 190e.

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MATTRESS.l

Specicatio of Letters Patent.

To -aZZ whom, t may concern.-

Be it known that I, MAE BROWN, a citizen t ofthe United States, residing at Nampa, in the county of Canyon and tate of Idaho, have invented certain new .and useful' Improvements in Mattresses; and I do hereby declare the followin to bea full, clear, and exact description o the invention, such as it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, .andto the letters and 'figures of refer- This invention relates .to new and useful improvements in mattresses pillows, &c.; and the object'o the invention is to produce a device of thisfnature made u of la ers .of scrap4 cork and sponge, there y ma 'ing' al light and durable 1soft and springy mattress so arranged that the various layers may be separated from one another when it is desired to cleanse the same or 4for other pur- Roses. Y

i The invention comprises various details of construction'and combinations and arrangedescribed and then speciii/callyden'ed in the illustrate my' invention in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure'l is a perspective view'of a portionv of a mattress made in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal sectional vi'ew, and Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view on line 8 3 of Fig. 1.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates a coveringqftdapted to iclose fillings of cork, said cov .ring being stitched in arallel rows, forming series of pockets in which the cork in covering forming the inclosure is arranged so that the oekets in one will be positioned at I right ang es tothepockets in the other, and g the two may be fastened together in any suitl able manner.

coverings C and D closed at their edges. erings have apertures ceive the tying-strings T, be held to ether.

are formed into series of pocket angles to the as set forth.

pockets formed ther layer of pockets, the pockets'containing Vcork fillings being disposed at pockets Patented Maren 26, 1907.

C and D designate two coverings, each conaining fillings of sponge F, and each of said holding the sponge are 5o.

The edges of the covformed therein to rewhereby they may The poc ets containingthe cork run, pref- 5 5 erably, lengthwise of the crosswise to those holding the sponge, as will be observed in the sectional views of the drawings. By the construction of or cushions in accord it will be'noted that be `produced and m commonly used dis construction show parts may be se and the llii ings may for other purposes.

l/Vhat I claim ismattress and are mattresses, pillows, 6o

ance with my invention a soft springy effect may etal'lic springs which are pensed with, and by the nit will benoted that the 6 5 parated from one another lgs 'contained between the coverbe easily removed and cleansed or l. A mattress m'ade up of coverings which pockets, cork llings in one s, the coverings containing the cork-filled pockets being disposed at right pockets of the layers `.of sponge, 75

2. A mattress comprising coverings having ein, cork fillin right angles tothe 8o' containlng the sponge, the edgeso the outer layers being perforated and cords passing through said signed t forth.

perforations and des o hold the layers together,l as set In testimony whereof I hereunto afliX my signature in the presence lVitnesses: l

W. P. Rowe, E. G. lHoUsnMAN.

of two witnesses.

MAE BROWN. 

